Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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204. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities currently living in social housing, who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32643/15]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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205. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who have been waiting for housing adaptations for less than six months; for more than six months but less than 12 months; and for more than 12 months. [32644/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 204 and 205 together.

The administration of these schemes, including the receipt of applications and their assessment and approval, as well as the payment of grants to applicants, is a matter for individual local authorities and, therefore, detailed information in relation to waiting lists for each authority is not available in my Department.

The support provided by my Department to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to social housing for tenants with a disability, meets 90% of the costs, with each local authority providing the remaining 10%. The support provided for adaptation grants for private housesis to fund 80% of the costs involved, with a 20% contribution from the resources of the local authority.

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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206. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of social housing units that were allocated to persons with disabilities in 2014. [32645/15]

Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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207. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide, by local authority area, in tabular form, the number of persons with disabilities who are currently on the housing waiting list. [32646/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 206 and 207 together.

The allocation of social housing supports is a matter for each housing authority in accordance with its allocation scheme made under the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. My Department does not hold information on the allocation of social housing to individual households or groups on the waiting list.

The results of the statutory Summary of Social Housing Assessments, published by the Housing Agency in 2013, and accessible at the link below, provides details of the number of households qualified for social housing support on a local authority by local authority basis. Table A2.6 in the Summary outlines the specific accommodation requirement, including disability-related, by local authority.

The numbers on housing lists will fluctuate, including because of new households being approved to join the lists while other households come off the lists when they are accommodated. In order to have the most up to date position on housing needs, the Social Housing Strategy 2020, published in November 2014, includes a commitment to undertake the Summary of Assessments on annual basis from 2016 onwards.